Tired of being a cook and housekeeper in her married sister's home, an unmarried Lulu Bett spontaneously accepts a whimsical marriage proposal during a visit from a peripatetic brother-in-law in the title novella in a collection of short fiction by the early twentieth-century American writer. Origin[...]

The Printmakers' Bible is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of printmaking, including processes, techniques and mixed-media possibilities. It covers everything you need to know, from traditional methods such as lithography, etching and mezzotint, to new experimental techniques such as digital, ph[...]

The countries of the world in an encyclopedia set.

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Having the ability to speak confidently; engage the audience; make a clear, well-argued case; and handle any tricky situations, is rarely a natural talent, but it can be learned through application and practice. "Scientists Must Speak: Bringing Presentations to Life" helps readers do just that. At s[...]

Networking doesn t have to be that frenzied old-school game of calendars packed with stuffy power lunches and sterile evenings at community business gatherings. We ve entered a new era, one in which shifting cultural values and the explosion of digital technology enable us to network in vastly more [...]

?The kind of epic narrative that will have you scrambling for more.? ?Stephen R. Donaldson All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret pol[...]

Picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted ex[...]